Michael Bierut at @issue: Design and Business Conference

Michael Bierut is to speak at the @issue: Business and Design Conference slated for 29 April at the New York Times Building’s TheTimesCenter in New York City. Bierut will appear with New York Times VP David Thurm and Gensler principal Ed Wood to discuss the visual identity of the Times’ new headquarters, for which Pentagram designed the graphics, signage and wayfinding. Other conference speakers include Brian Walker, CEO of Herman Miller; Nancye Green, CEO of Waterworks; Joe Mansueto, CEO and founder of Morningstar; and Gael Towey, Chief Creative Officer of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia; among others. Registration information here.

Together with the Corporate Design Foundation, Kit Hinrichs of Pentagram San Francisco and Hirasuna Editorial founded the journal @issue and continue to design and produce it as well as to organize the annual conference.